Medicare Physician Payments

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MedicareAis physician fees may not always reflect efficiencies that occur when a physician performs multiple services for the same patient on the same day, and some resources required for these services do not need to be duplicated. This report examined: (1) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesAi (CMS) efforts to set appropriate fees for services furnished together; and (2) additional opportunities for CMS to avoid excessive payments when services are furnished together. The report examined relevant policies, laws, and regulations; interviewed CMS officials and others; and analyzed claims data to identify opportunities for further savings. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.The remaining list of service pairs was our universe of pairs that represented
opportunities for savings from efficiencies ... 5We identified supplemental
services as those listed in Appendix D: aSummary of CPT Addon Codesa and
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Medicare Physician Payments

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James C. Cosgrove

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DIANE Publishing - 2010-02

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